Music
‘The music scene felt so laddy and hostile to me’
The return of Harkin — Kate Harkin has spent years in the background of bands like Wild Beasts, Sleater Kinney and Courtney Barnett. Now, she’s stepping out of their shadow to go solo.
Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray
Cherry Glazerr on making music for an isolated generation
Busy being alone — Ahead of the band’s third album Stuffed & Ready, frontwoman Clementine Creevy discusses salvation, solitude and why it’s okay to get angry. ‘Playing guitar and writing songs is a form of release for me,’ she explains.
Written by: Alex Westfall
Getting deep with Sharon Van Etten, pop's great polymath
Switching gears — After pressing pause on her blossoming music career, Sharon Van Etten took some time out to recalibrate. Now that she's back with her biggest album yet, the singer talks therapy, comedy and finding a different kind of love.
Written by: Cian Traynor
What Netflix did next: add fuel to the Fyre
Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into the latest Netflix Original releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is even worth our time anymore. This week, it’s a ludicrous, high octane account of Fyre Festival: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.
Written by: Megan Nolan
The evolution of Georgia Anne Muldrow, supersonic innovator
Supa dupa fly — It’s time the world finally caught up to Georgia Anne Muldrow, an intuitive artist who’s just as comfortable crafting futuristic beats as she is drawing from ancient philosophy.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Huck: The Flying Lotus Issue
On sale now! — Step into the world of Flying Lotus with our special guest-edited issue: a curated takeover featuring David Lynch, Tierra Whack, Beastie Boys, Hiro Murai and more.
Written by: Huck
A look inside the Yeah Yeah Yeahs ’00s photo album
Another world — The band’s guitarist, Nick Zinner, shares a visual love letter to New York; going back to a time before Trump, social media and iPhones.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Why the war on drugs is killing Filipino music
To live and die in Manila — A new documentary from Boiler Room shines a light on the defiant underground music scene of the Philippines – a country that’s being torn apart by political warfare and a violent drug war.
Written by: Sai Villafuerte
‘As a woman, I felt uncomfortable with my libido’
Lola Kirke in conversation — In between touring her debut album Heart Head West, the musician and actor takes a break to talk self-promotion, sexual frustration and why she’s convinced that acting is a ‘dying art form.’
Written by: Josh Slater-Williams
The story of Noirwave, Africa’s pioneering punk movement
The black house — What began as an artistic practice by musician Petite Noir has quickly morphed into a state of mind; a way of expressing the powerful but fragmented identity of today’s African diaspora.
Written by: Alexandra Genova
